Julia Simon

International restaurant chains think a newly democratic Tunisia could be a promising place to set up shop. Tunisians love their own version of fast food, but some say they'd welcome the occasional cheeseburger.

In post-Mubarak Egypt, an organized labor movement is taking shape.

A Texas-based oil company discovered a large supply of deep water natural gas in the Mediterranean and plans to begin drilling this week. That's causing big tension with countries in the region.

Despite all the political unrest that has hit the Egyptian economy, the one area that's still growing with local and foreign investment is natural gas.

The Indonesian island of Sabang is having trouble marketing itself as a tourist destination because it's ruled by Sharia, or Islamic, law

The lack of jobs in Egypt is a major issue of discontent. So the new government has pledged to do something about it.